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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I too have been trying to find a good solution to the heat generated within our green houses. I had done some research several years ago and found that the tinted canopies block light but not the infra red that produces the vast majority of the heat. Tinted canopies are good though because our cockpits are generally too bright anyway. Just don't assume they make for a cooler cockpit! There are stick on films that are very effective infra red blockers but the canopy outgasses for many years I'm told and bubbles will form between the canopy and film. Did not want to screw up my canopy that took a hundred hours to get just right so I abandoned that idea. I bought a Koger Sunshade at Oshkosh this year. It's a window shade that has a single slider attached to the interior mid canopy longitudinally. When you want heat you slide the thing back and it stores near the canopy rollover and when you want shade it pulls forward along the single track. The track is designed for bubble conopies. Stay tuned and I will try and get it installed and report as to how it works. Have been so buisy I probably will not get it installed till this winter. Jim Frantz angleofattack.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html